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March 13, 1998 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — London, England, United Kingdom

Mar 13, 1998 at 4:20 am
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Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in London, England
Began: Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 2:16 am
Maximum: Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 4:20 am -0.383 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 6:23 am
Duration: 4 hours, 6 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 13, 1998 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — London

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in London. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (GMT) for London.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:16 am Fri, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Southwest 220°
35.1°
4:20 am Fri, Mar 13
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 250°
19.4°
6:23 am Fri, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.		Map direction West 273°
1.1°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

During this penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Mar 13)

In the past, this day was cloudy 81% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in London

Eclipse Visibility From LondonVisibility Worldwide
Feb 9, 1990 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 30, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 27, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 15, 1992 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 9–10, 1992 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 29, 1993 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 10, 1994 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
May 25, 1994 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 18, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 3–4, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 12, 1996 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Mar 24, 1997 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16, 1997 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 8, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 1999 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 11, 1999 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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